Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.

EXAMPLE:
My word: Circle
Root: Circ
Meaning: around
Related words: Circumference, Circulate, Circular, Circus, Circumnavigate


My word: lived
Root: live
meaning: to be alive
Related words: live unliveing living lives

My word: hoped
root: hop
Meaning: to spring or leap
Related words: hop hopping hops

My word:helped
Root:help
Meaning:to make less difficult
Related Words:rehelp help helping